Phosphorylation of the Synaptonemal Complex Protein Zip1 Regulates the Crossover/Noncrossover Decision during Yeast Meiosis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Xiangyu ^a   Suhandynata, Ray T ^a   Sandhu, Rima ^b   Rockmill, Beth ^a   Mohibullah, Neeman ^c   Niu, Hengyao ^d   Liang, Jason ^e   Lo, Hsiao Chi ^a   Miller, Danny E ^f,g   Zhou, Huilin ^e   Börner, G Valentin ^b   Hollingsworth, Nancy M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MRE4 PROTEIN; SPO11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIP1 PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECQ HELICASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SGS1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SPO11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ZIP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; FUNGAL GENE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZMM GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSSING OVER; DNA REPAIR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA REPAIR; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE DELETION; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECQ HELICASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 84953253600     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002329     Document Type: Article

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